PRIVACY AND SECURITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION

Lawrence O. Gostin, Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center,
Principal Investigator

 

James G. Hodge, Jr., Adjunct Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center,
Project Director

FINAL DRAFT:  The final draft of the Model State Public Health Privacy Act is now available.

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), and Georgetown University Law Center (GULC)

Any statements, ideas, or documents arising out of this project do not necessarily reflect the opinions, positions, or views of the sponsoring or affiliated organizations or their officers, employees, members, or advisors.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• Introduction
  • Phase One: Development of the Blueprint for a Model Privacy Statute
  • Phase Two: Legislative Drafting and Consensus Building
  • Phase Three: Announcement, Dissemination, and Publication
• Statement of Purpose
• Project Outline
  • Phase One: Development of the Blueprint for a Model Privacy Statute
    • First meeting of the Privacy Law Advisory Committee—July 9, 1998 (Agenda) (Summary)
  • Phase Two: Legislative Drafting and Consensus Building
    • Second meeting of the Privacy Law Advisory Committee—November 12, 1998 (Agenda)
  • Phase Three: Announcement, Dissemination, and Publication
• Privacy Law Advisory Committee (as of February 19, 1999)

MODEL STATE PUBLIC HEALTH PRIVACY ACT

• Model State Public Health Privacy Act - With Comments [Final Draft]
  • PDF version (158K—Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
• Model State Public Health Privacy Act - Without Comments [Final Draft]

RELEVANT RESEARCH DOCUMENTS

RELEVANT WEB SITES

Updated October 8, 1999
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